Cryptic crossword clue
Falls of fruit experienced at start of spring 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PLUMMETS

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What does PLUMMETS mean?

PLUMMETS noun
  1. A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line
  2. Hence, any weight
  3. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)
  4. A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line
  5. Violent or dramatic fall
  6. A decline; a fall; a drop
PLUMMETS verb
  1. To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

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